Combination roller skate shoe



Nu. 6I7,996. Patented Jan. l7, I899. M; L. RUEL.

COMBINATION ROLLER SKATE SHOE.

(Application filed Jilly 17, 1897') (No Model.)

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MARY L. RUEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINATION ROLLER-SKATE SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 617,996, dated January17, 1899.

Application filed July 17, 1897. Serial No. 644,920. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY L. RUEL,of New York, (Brooklyn,) in the countyof Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Combination Roller-Skate Shoes; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to combined roller skates and shoes.

In the use of roller-skates much annoyance and irritation is incident tothe method of attaching the skate to the foot of the user. Indeed, tostrap the skate or look it to the shoe often requires such compressionof the foot as to be positively painful or become so in a very shorttime after it has been applied.

The object of myinvention is to avoid these disagreeable incidents anddo away with the annoyance and loss of time involved in strapping theskates on, and thereby to make this sport more attractive and agreeable.

The invention consists in the combination of rollers, a pair of bolstersor risers carried by the rollers, and a shoe permanently fixed upon andsupported by the bolsters.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of my combined shoe androller-skate. Figs. 2 and 3 are front and rear elevations, respectively,the latter having a part broken away to show the outer solo in sectionand the fastening device in side elevation. Fig. 4. is a bottom plan ofthe outer sole of a shoe, showing the attaching means. Fig. 5 is a planof the bolster or riser.

1 1 are rollers carrying the bolster or riser 2, and having arms 3, withfingers or rests 4, perforated or having holes 5.

6 is the shoe, having outer soles 7, and 8 is a fastener for couplingthe bolster or riser with the outer sole 7 of the shoe. In the form inwhich I have shown my invention the riser is provided with four arms;but obviously the riser formed essentially like an inverted tripod willanswer the same purpose. The rests 4 have oblong holes 5 for thereception of the fastener 8, which is essentially of the shape andcharacter of a McGill paper-fastener, made of sufficient thickness andsubstance to lessen the resistance to motion, and thereby insure greatspeed. The rollers are also to be surrounded by a rubber band to renderthem noiseless and make them durable. The bands can be easily replacedwhen Worn. While the shoes maybe made of any suitable material and inany style, I propose to make them generally of canvas or similar goods,such as used for base-ball.

A combined skate and shoe made according to myinvention permits of theelimination of the ordinary frame or foot-rest necessary in order toproduce a roller-skate. The combination therefore is lighter than theordinary roller-skate and shoe when the two are removably connectedtogether.

The advantages of my invention are numerous and obvious. Among .theseadvantages may be enumerated the saving of time, the durability of thecombination as a whole, freedom from noise, comfort, neatness, andlightness, and by reason of the narrower tread easy motion andconsequent increased speed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent, is=

In a roller-shoe, the combination of rollers,

a plurality of bolsters or risers carried by saidv rollers, a shoe, anda T-fastening for coupling the shoe with the risers adapted to pass inand out through said outer sole and be riveted or clenched on the insideof the outer sole, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specificationin the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

MARY L. RUEL.

Witnesses LOUISE OLIVIA, GEORGE OLIVIA.

